Explanatory Notes

Water Act 2014

2014 CHAPTER 21

14 May 2014

Commentary

Part 4.Flood Insurance

Flood insurance obligations

Section 76: Reviews and appeals

271.Section 76 enables the regulations made under section 74 to provide for a person with the qualifying interest in a property to seek a review of a decision by a relevant body that the property does not qualify to be included on the register of premises subject to greater flood risk. It also enables the regulations to provide for that person to appeal to the First-tier Tribunal in England and Wales, the sheriff in Scotland, or the Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland, if upon review the relevant body has decided that the property does not qualify for inclusion on the register.